Electronic Resources

Online Resources

Access to Dalhousie University Libraries' electronic resources is available for King's students and faculty through a joint agreement with our neighbouring institution.

Databases

Browse or search Dalhousie's list of hundreds of databases, then link to them to search for articles and other materials on your topic.

Electronic Journals

Browse or search Dalhousie's list of over 15,000 electronic titles, then link to them directly. 

CISTI Source

The National Research Council of Canada produces this database and it provides access to the catalogue of CISTI (Canadian Institute for Scientific and Technical Information) as well as article citations and table of contents from 17,000 different journals worldwide in all subject areas. Abstracts are also available for some 2,000 of those titles in the life sciences.

Access: on campus only

CD-ROM Collection

Canadian NewsDisc

The Canadian NewsDisc CD-ROM includes the full text of every article, column and feature published by major Canadian daily newspapers. It also includes verbatim transcripts of national daily news broadcasts and selected current affairs programs from CBC and CTV.

The database does not contain cartoons/caricatures, photos and other illustrations, graphs and statistical tables, classified ads, advertisements, nominations or stock market reports.

Access: available on a workstation in the library; workstation booking is recommended.

Globe & Mail

The Globe and Mail on CD-ROM provides "coast-to-coast" coverage of Canadian news. It includes full-text information on topics such as Canadian politics, economy, arts, science, sports, etc.

The database contains feature articles, editorials, letters to the editor, regular columns, textual information accompanying illustrations, and "news in brief" items. It does not include illustrations, graphs and tables, classified ads and advertisements, horoscopes, weather reports, most obituaries, events calendars, or public notices.

Access: available on a workstation in the library; workstation booking is recommended.

Chronicle-Herald and Mail-Star Newspaper Library

The CD-ROM contains the full-text of articles published in Halifax's Chronicle-Herald and Mail-Star from 1992-1998.

Access: available on a workstation in the library; workstation booking is recommended.

Herald Library Genealogy

The Genealogy CD-ROM is published by the Halifax Herald Limited and contains 2 parts.

• Part 1: Deaths Recorded Index: 1961 - mid July 1992. Contains the date the obit appeared in The Chronicle-Herald and The Mail-Star, the name of the deceased and their hometown.
• Part 2: Vitals: mid July 1992 - December 31, 1999. Contains full text obituaries, births and weddings that appeared in The Chronicle-Herald, The Mail-Star and The Sunday Herald.